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The City of Lost Children is a french film of genre Science fiction directed by Marc Caro released in USA on 15 december 1995 with Ron Perlman
The City of Lost Children (1995)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 december 1995
Length 1h52
OriginFrance
Themes Clonage, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Dystopian films, Steampunk films
Rating74%
The City of Lost Children (French: La cité des enfants perdus) is a 1995 French-German-Spanish science fantasy drama film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Ron Perlman. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie. The music score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
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From an ocean rig, a demented scientist, Krank (Daniel Emilfork), kidnaps children from the nearby, unnamed port city to steal their dreams, as he is incapable of having dreams of his own. Among them is the adopted little brother, Denree (Joseph Lucien), of carnival strongman and former whaler One (Ron Perlman), who sets out to rescue him with the help of a little girl named Miette (Judith Vittet), a member of a thieves' guild composed entirely of orphaned children. They delve into the world of a bio-mechanical kidnapping cult and discover the connection between the scientist and the missing Denree.Actors
Ron Perlman
(One)
Daniel Emilfork
(Krank)
Judith Vittet
(Miette)
Dominique Pinon
(The Diver / The Clones)
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
(Marcello)
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